Privateer Pointe
Pictures by Dick Shelby: Jupiter, Georgia Mountains, Florida Keys, Cedar Key, and Motorcycle Rides.
Left to right and top to bottom: Redfish caught in the Jupiter inlet, a rare catch, picture taken at my house in Jupiter—I caught it on my first fishing trip with my new Pathfinder in 2002; on my dock behind my house—I caught this 50 pound Wahoo on a 30lb. mono leader with 20lb. test mono line two miles out from the Jupiter inlet; two old fishing buddies, Ed and Doug, on one of our many fishing trips, this one was in Everglades City, FL.; me and my 24 foot Pathfinder taking a rest from fishing on one of the Ten Thousand Islands outside of Chokoloskee, FL.; Ed and I cruising to a new fishing hole somewhere outside of Everglades City; Tom, my old bike-riding buddy from Atlanta, and I are enjoying the water at Peanut Island and sipping a cool one while my 22 foot Grady White is anchored behind us; rifle range with friends celebrating my 60th birthday, four miles in the mountains from our house in Rabun Gap, Georgia; snook from the water behind our house; fishing Mobile Bay in front of our rental, summer vacation house at Point Clear, AL. (a quarter mile from the Grand Hotel); I'm on Hank behind my mountain house getting ready for a ride in the steep mountains, the horse's breast collar is required to keep the saddle in place; riding again with my friend Matt and others on a Chatooga River ride, I was holding the horses before crossing the river back into South Carolina where we started the ride; another regular gathering of old friends on September 2, 2021, celebrating a birthday; Robinson and me on a bike trip. Robinson was my oldest friend, we met in 1969—he died February 7, 2022; group photo of friends after dinner; Friends' son's wedding in October, 2023; our Georgia mountain house, Rabun Gap, Georgia; 2024 Christmas party at friends' house.
Tom Spruill was one of my old friends from my Atlanta days (1969-1973), he died September 30, 2024. We understood certain things from a shared experience: the Viet Nam war, he was in the Army and brought home two Purple Hearts. He and I enjoyed many Harley rides together. Tom and his 1968 XLH Sportster, my 1968 XLCH Sportster, (another one taken a few seconds after the first one)—notice the gear shifter on the right side; the Sportster was Harley's racer. Mike (Little Mike) Bertolami is on the left in the Sportster photo. Little Mike loaned me his vintage Harley 45 three-wheeler to ride when I was recovering from my broken right femur after a bike accident on my other Harley, an Electra Glide. While living in Atlanta, I rode my Sportster on several trips: Sault Saint Marie, MI.; Key West, with my girlfriend on the back, spending a day at Disney World during the opening phase in 1972; riding the north Georgia mountains when I could just pull off the road in the evening and camp in the woods; and Daytona Bike Week with a friend in 1971. This is a stock '68 XLCH Sportster.
Georgia Mountain Hikes, Visits And Horse Rides
My 40 Acre Property In Okeechobee, Florida
Cutting A Trail In The Mountains With ATVs
Horse Ride In The Mountains and Chattooga River
Grand Hotel (Point Clear, AL) New Year's Eve 2018 and New Orleans
Our Last Visit To To The Mountains - 2015
My 5 Acre Nursery In Loxahatchee, Florida
Our New England Trip, September 2016
Chesapeake Bay, Kent Island August 2019
Building My Parent's Retirement Home on Mobile Bay
Visit My Ancestors On The Franelich Side
Vietnam, my US Marine Corps unit. 1966 - 1967
Alabama Department of Archives and History allowed me to access their servers to upload my collection of pictures and documents representing my family in Mobile from 1840.
In the past, Alabama Department of Archives and History only hosted institutional collections, but after reviewing my collection, has agreed to grant me permission to access their server to post "The Franelich Collection," which now can be seen through the ADAH digital collection site.The Alabama Department of Archives and History tells the story of the people of Alabama by preserving and displaying records and pictures of historical value for the purpose of promoting a better understanding of Alabama History.
I would like to thank everyone I've worked with for their technical help and assistance in getting my collection posted as a permanent part of Alabama history. I donated the documents and other items displayed in the Franelich Collection to the Mobile History Museum in 2016.